"I didn't know I'd been stabbed, I thought I'd been punched. It wasn't until I'd fallen into my door and he kicked me onto my back that I realised I'd been stabbed."

My unborn baby was stabbed (Photo: ITV)

Lauren said she was screaming for help and ran up her street and managed to spot a friend before a crowd gathered and an ambulance was called to rush to the scene.

Christine gasped when she talked about her horrific injuries and asked her what her memories where after doctors managed to find a heartbeat for her daughter - who was delivered on June 11 last year.

"As soon as I came out of surgery they wheeled me up to meet her, but I don't remember going up and seeing her," she said. "It wasn't until the day after when they sent photos down of her. I couldn't get it into my head that she was still alright and alive."

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Leaning was cleared of attempted murder but convicted of wounding with intent and attempted child destruction at Hull Crown Court.

The judge described him as a "ticking time bomb".

Christine seemed very taken with little Ruby who couldn't stop smiling as she was brought out on the show by Lauren's pal and said: "Awww, I can't stop staring."

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But the mum now has to figure out how to tell her gorgeous daughter what happened when she's old enough to understand.

Lauren said: "I don't know how I'm going to tell her, and what bothers me more is that she's probably going to hear about what happened before I have chance to tell her what actually happened.

"I don't know how you tell a child that their dad tried to kill them."